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Chapter 13
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And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by
the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by
the altar to burn incense. |
2
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And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD,
and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold,
a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by
name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high
places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall
be burnt upon thee. |
3
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And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the
sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall
be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured
out. |
4
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And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying
of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in
Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying,
Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against
him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to
him. |
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The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from
the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had
given by the word of the LORD. |
6
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And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat
now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that
my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought
the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and
became as it was before. |
7
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And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with
me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. |
8
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And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give
me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither
will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: |
9
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For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying,
Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same
way that thou camest. |
10
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So he went another way, and returned not by the way that
he came to Bethel. |
11
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Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons
came and told him all the works that the man of God had
done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken
unto the king, them they told also to their father. |
12
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And their father said unto them, What way went he? For
his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came
from Judah. |
13
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And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they
saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, |
14
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And went after the man of God, and found him sitting
under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of
God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. |
15
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Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. |
16
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And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with
thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee
in this place: |
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For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt
eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go
by the way that thou camest. |
18
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He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and
an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying,
Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may
eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. |
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So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house,
and drank water. |
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And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the
word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him
back: |
21
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And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed
the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment
which the LORD thy God commanded thee, |
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But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water
in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat
no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come
unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. |
23
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And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after
he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit,
for the prophet whom he had brought back. |
24
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And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and
slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the
ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. |
25
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And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast
in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they
came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. |
26
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And when the prophet that brought him back from the way
heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient
unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered
him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto
him. |
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And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass.
And they saddled him. |
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And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and
the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion
had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. |
29
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And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God,
and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the
old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. |
30
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And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned
over him, saying, Alas, my brother! |
31
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And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he
spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me
in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay
my bones beside his bones: |
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For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD
against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses
of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria,
shall surely come to pass. |
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After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil
way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests
of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him,
and he became one of the priests of the high places. |
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And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam,
even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face
of the earth. |
